Small oil and gas producers urge lawmakers to keep or amend rebate for unprofitable wells

Joe Wertz | StateImpactThe Oklahoma House of Representatives is in session, and Darlene Wallace is blocking the ornate entrance to the main floor. She’s an obstacle, an oil producer — and she’s clutching a clipboard with the names of lawmakers.

She wants a word with them.

“I think we had some success speaking with the different representatives about our issue,” she says, “and some of them will see it as a tax increase.”
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